The Answer I Have - Other Women.
We are mad and we are scared. We are concerned for our babies… Over the past several weeks, well over half of my therapy sessions have, in one way or another, been centered around the pain that current events have brought to the surface for women. We have been reminded that most women have been violated, harassed, coerced, and at the hand of violence, and in so many situations, justice did not come.
Maternal Mental Health and How Therapy, Community, and Ketamine Can Help
Mother’s Day is approaching, and maternal mental health has been heavy on my mind lately. Heavy because of how unsupported so many postpartum mothers still are in our current healthcare system. Heavy because effective treatment for postpartum depression is still inaccessible for far too many women. But alongside that grief, I also feel a deep sense of drive—a commitment to continuing to improve this corner of mental health care in every way I can.